FishyJoe said:
The fact is that consumer electronics will be hit very hard this holiday season, especially at the upper end where Sony sells. Circuit City declared bankruptcy and Best Buy says the consumer electronics segment will take a massive beating. I'm not saying MS is in the best of shape, but they have a boatload of money and don't have to fight the yen. And they don't have to rely on consumer electronics sales this winter is a huge plus. |
MS is in a much better shape then Sony. PCs still sell like crazy and MS XP or Vista is bundled with almost each one. The PC market is only going up and MS is reaping the benefits of a near-monopoly (Apple has 10-20% market share I believe).
Plus with Euros and yen being worth more then the American doller, I believe they earn even more from Euro 360 sales.